Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality ratio: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
34,124,811 (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun: Afghan(s)
adjective: Afghan
Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 80% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 47%, Uzbek 11%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi, Shughni, Pamiri, Hindi, Russian, German, French <.5% each, don't know/refused <1%
note 1: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language
note 2: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them (2017 est.)
Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other 0.3% (2009 est.)
0-14 years: 40.92% (male 7,093,980/female 6,869,737)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 22.22% (male 3,859,696/female 3,723,679)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 30.35% (male 5,273,969/female 5,082,972)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 3.92% (male 659,635/female 678,942)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 2.59% (male 407,437/female 474,764) (2017 est.)
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 88.8
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 84.1
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 4.7
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 21.2 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 18.8 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 18.8 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 18.9 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 207
2.36% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
37.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
13.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
populations tend to cluster in the foothills and periphery of the rugged Hindu Kush range; smaller groups are found in many of the country's interior valleys; in general, the east is more densely settled while the south is sparsely populated
urban population: 27.6% of total population (2017)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 3.77% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
KABUL (capital) 4.635 million (2015)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
19.9 years
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2015 est.)
396 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Maternal mortality ratio country ranks ]
total: 110.6 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 118 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 102.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 1
total population: 51.7 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 50.3 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 53.2 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 222
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
5.12 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
22.5% (2015/16)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.2% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.3 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2014)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 78.2% of population
rural: 47% of population
total: 55.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 21.8% of population
rural: 53% of population
total: 44.7% of population (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 45.1% of population
rural: 27% of population
total: 31.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 54.9% of population
rural: 73% of population
total: 68.1% of population (2015 est.)
<.1% (2016 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
7,500 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
<500 (2016 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2016)
5.5% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 177
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
25% (2013)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
3.4% of GDP (2015)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 38.2%
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 52%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 24.2% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 11 years
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ]
male: 13 years
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ]
female: 8 years (2014)
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female country ranks ]
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a) The assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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